I don’t understand. Having worked my way up to 6k without shoes, switching to actually barefoot because I was starting to get blisters running in the barefoot running shoes. I went out this morning for a barefoot run and had to stop about 3/4 into a 6k run as I noticed my pads were starting to hurt. I walked the rest of the way home and within an hour I had several large blisters on my pads.
Once these had developed to full size they were very painful to walk on and the following day I had to drain them in order that I would be able to move around at all. There really is no explanation for this as far as I can see. I can run this distance, I’ve done it several times now without shoes.
It was early morning though, and now that we’re heading towards winter the ground was incredibly cold. Much colder than I’ve ever run on before. So maybe the combination of having just got up and the ground being cold somehow contributed to this. What I do know is that with my trip to Oktoberfest coming up in 10 days I’ll be doing nothing else running wise as I can’t afford to be lame for that trip.